I just finished a Post on comparing the Nokia N97 with Apple iPhone, however.. many people out there still do not know the difference in the Nokia N97 and the currently selling Nokia N96 handsets, this post is to give you a sneak comparison on what lies in the Nokia N96 successor and how is it better.
The N97 will be available for sale in June’09 in the U.S., in an unlocked version for $650. I am unsure if any or the prominent carriers AT&T , T-Mobile will endorse it and sell it at a lower subsidized price, if that doesn’t happen it’ll not sell much.
The N97 has a larger screen than the T-Mobile’s Android-based G1 and a large physical keyboard, these are its physical aspect USPs. It is a neat combination of the touchscreen and a full slide-away QWERTY keyboard (unlike the iPhone’s virtual keyboard)
Nokia N96 has already proved it as a high-end device and reached the pockets of most of the modern mobile users across the world. Like an unexpected storm it has entered the mobile market with all the powerful multi-purpose features.
Its 2.8 inches colourful TFT display as the first attractive feature of this phone. The user-friendly slider mechanism and great quality multimedia features like 5.0 mega pixels digital camera, MP3/AAC/AAC+/eAAC+/WMA player, Stereo FM Radio with RDS, DVB-H TV broadcast receiver, 3.5 mm audio output jack, T9, TV out, secondary VGA videocall camera and video recorder was promising ultimate fun and entertainment to its users.
Some of the other cool features of the N96 from Nokia were the the Built-in GPS receiver with A-GPS function, SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging, RSS reader, WAP 2.0/xHTML Internet browser, Office document viewer, push to talk, Voice dial/memo and Built-in handsfree.
Nokia N97 handset from Nokia is compatible with WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML Internet browser and RSS feeds. One of the major features of this upcoming phone is its storage capacity. The microSD (TransFlash) memory card of this phone will have the capacity to support nearly 16 GB memory card slots.
Its ultra entertainment features like audio player, video player, video recorder, secondary video call camera, 5.0 mega pixels digital camera, RDS technology stereo FM radio will definitely prove it as great entertainer handset.
With its 3G technology Nokia N97 phone has a Built-in GPS receiver with A-GPS support and is installed with thousands of Nokia Maps 2.0 Touch along with a digital compass feature. It supports the operating system of Symbian OS v9.4, Series 60 rel. 5 and comes preloaded with all the endless features like class 32 GPRS, class 32 EDGE, HSCSD, 3G-HSDPA, WLAN-Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UPnP technology, Bluetooth connectivity and microUSB support.
N97 users can also create a customized home screen with the widgets of their preferred Web services and social-networking sites.
Display
N97: 3.5” TFT with up to 16 million colours, 640 x 360 pixels (16:9 widescreen format)
N96: 2.8” TFT with up to 16 million colours, 240 x 320 pixels
Size and weight
N97: 117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9 mm, weighs 150g
N96: 103 x 55 x 18 mm, weighs 125g
Interface
N97: Touchscreen (not multitouch) and full QWERTY keypad
N96: Numerical keys and media buttons
Camera
N97: 5 megapixel Carl Zeiss with dual LED flash, plus DVD quality video recording
N96: 5 megapixel Carl Zeiss with dual LED flash
Connectivity
N97: 3G HSDPA, GPS (with digital compass), WiFi, A2DP Bluetooth
N96: 3G HSDPA, GPS, WiFi, A2DP Bluetooth with AVRCP, DVB-H
Cut and paste Function
N97: Yes!
N96: No
Storage
N97: 32GB, expandable MicroSD up to 16GB
N96: 16GB, expandable MicroSD up to 16GB
Battery
N97: 320 mins talktime, 400 hours standby
N96: 220 mins talktime, 220 hours standby
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i think that the N97 will be a sublime phone and possibly be better than the iPhone.
Nah, The N96 is way better.
If you see when the N97 slides to keyboard the back latches look HORRIBLE.
And i dont like the way the Screen of the N97 goes.
N96 is more quality in it, and WAYY more Stylish.
And im not to sure but I think N97 only has a 3.15 mp camera
whilst N96 has a 5mp camera with flash
So
N97: 3 and a Half / 5
N96: 5/5
*Please not i DONT own any of them so im not siding!
Cut and paste Function
N97: Yes!
N96: No
I presume you mean copy and paste text. Or maybe a dedicated copy/paste key?
I don’t own a N96, but do have and N79 – don’t see why they should be any different. To copy text, find text you want to copy (must be an editable field). Hold down # key for 2 seconds, phone beeps. Keep # key depressed, while selecting text using navwheel and then press key adjacent to screen to “copy” (copy command doesn’t appear on screen if you haven’t selected anything). Navigate to where you want to place your text, press # key again for 2 seconds and now you have the option to paste.
I own a n95 8gb, love it but want to upgrade to an n96. I personally hate touch screens, maybe if you are a woman. They tend to break easily!
Copy and paste text…? Any n series nokia can do that crap. I just copied this entire thread.
I find it hard to believe how they can bring out the n97 with a dam 5mp camera! What the hell? Common… The n95 has a 5mp camera! What a waist, there are crappy samsungs out there that have 8mp cameras!!!
N97 only seems to excel with memory and a few other useless features.
I have been tempted to go for the n97 but will rather wait until the release a better one. I recomend the n96!
ive had the n95 8gn and loved it but im not to shure on the n96.
the n97 is a gr8 phone for those who like QWERTY keyboard and touch screen and a good camera.
ive had a go on the n97 and it was full of apps like the ovi store the nokia’s take on apples app store but the ovi store needs to think about its prices abit but overall a gr8 phone gr8 strong slider and a masive 32gb of internal memery and a micro sd slot fot axspansion its amazing i think nokia has brought out its best phone so far.
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el q escribio este post no sabe demasiado de estos dos telefonos!yo tengo los dos! y es muchisimo mejor el n96….(es verdad es algo mas lento la memoria interna es mas chica la pantala no es de 3’5 pero esde 2’8 osea no es tctil! nsesita el espacio para el teclado fisico)el n97 trae la pantalla tactil y de gran tamaño pero no es capasitiba ni cativa..para q es tactil entonses?el sistea operativo…asta ahora es una especie de prototipo..el ngage de el telefono es de juegos que nesesitan teclado fisco!cuando ya em este deveria de ser de telefonos tactilesno les parese? lo q esta pasando es que nokia!esta asiendo incapie en los tactiles!para lanzar esta acostumbrando al mercado…salio el 5800 primer tactil..fue muy bueno y acetpado! luego salio el 5530 siendo la version econmica del anterior mesnsionado ya estamos captando tres mercados el de jovemes q buscan entretenimiento y profesionales que nesesitan un s60 pero kieren uno tactil..y el mercado mas bajo de las personas q kieren un nokia tactil y s60 pero no pueden pagar una suma de dinero alta… luego despues deesto y del estudio de mercado sale l n97 como supuesto sucesor del n96 cuando no lo es esto solo es una estrategia de mercado mas sienso el n96 elmejor serie n el n97 entonses tenia q superarlo en muchisimos aspectos (eso dana enteder al pyblico) cosa q no es sierta!de esta forma sale el telefono q capta el mercado de personas profesionales jovenes q ya tuvieron un nokia tactil y se desiden por un serie n y completan el circulo con el famoso n97 mini la opcion varata…ha y `por sierto señor del post el n96 graba video en calidad dvd!
nah N96 is better. 5Mpx is shit, i hate it. Lol compared to the most in the market 2mpx, i’d prefer 12mpx or 10mpx. Even if Nokia release N98 i wouldn’t go for it until symbian os and camera develops. What a waste of money, N96 is a great cell phone in the pocket…more like a wallet.
nokia n97 is offcourse better than n96 but n96 is also better with live tv option which n97 does not have.i buyed n96 than i upgrade to n97 but my n97 fell 3 times and broke i sell it than again buy n96 and now i am again planning to buy n97 bcz of its cool features and sexy look.n 97 also have a fm transmitter bcz of which we can listen our music on and or car radio.but it does not have live tv option in memory it has upper hand on n96 with 32 gb memory with extendable 16 gb card.n96 is quite slow and n97 is fast.i would recomeend both phones to users
hey
i was really keen on purchasing a nokia n96 but hav gone thru a lot of comments and people say that the batt life is bad and it gives display problems and stuff i currently own a sony eric w705 it remains on batt charge for 3-4 days on standby only prob is the display and the sound wat phone do u recommend